On September 16, the activist from Karakalpakstan Raisa Khudaibergenova was detained in the suburbs of Almaty. According to Vitaly Ponomarev (an expert at the Human Rights Center “Memorial”), the activist was detained by three people in civilian clothes. One of them introduced himself as Lieutenant of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan Aidos Rasulov, […]
On September 13, unknown people detained Karakalpak activists. This was reported by the Information center “Shirak”, based outside of Uzbekistan. Several men in civilian clothes are said to have taken Zhankeldi Zhaksymbetov, leader of the Azatlyk Party of Karakalpakstan, out of a rented apartment in Almaty. “We don’t know the location of Zhankeldi Zhaksymbetov. Activists […]
The authorities are intensively persuading publicly significant participants in the July protests, forcing them to repent and fully admit their guilt before the state. According to an ACCA source in Karakalpakstan, there has been moral pressure on their relatives for two months. “Until this succeeds, the propaganda campaign to release some of the protesters from […]
In Nukus, the capital of Karakalpakstan, police officers are raiding private houses and apartments with the participation of representatives of citizens’ gatherings (mahallas) in connection with the upcoming celebration of the Independence Day of Uzbekistan. Residents of the capital are warned about the danger of holding rallies on September 1. In conversations with residents, law […]
Russian human rights activist Vitaly Ponomarev began publishing a list of those who died during protests against changes to the Constitution that deprive Karakalpakstan of sovereignty. So far, there are 34 people on the list, according to official figures there are 21 of them. New information over the past weeks comes from the Karakalpak diasporas. […]
The massacre of dogs and cats in Nukus was reported by the Society for the Protection of Animals “Mehr va Oqibat”. On July 7, the townspeople discovered a hole in which there were over 100 animal units. It is noted that the muzzles and paws of the animals were tied with wire, and there were […]
President Mirziyoyev named the new perpetrators of the tragic events in Karakalpakstan and set tasks for law enforcement agencies. In his speech at a videoconference, he spoke about some destructive external forces that are not interested in the consistent and stable development of the country. According to him, it was they who “pursued malicious goals […]
Events from June 26 to July 2 culminated in a bloody finale in Nukus when the protests were violently suppressed by special forces soldiers. They were promptly delivered to the capital of Karakalpakstan by military aircraft. Official Tashkent considered local law enforcement officers insufficiently loyal and unprepared for forceful suppression. Groups of young people tried […]
Local protests with the participation of groups of the population took place in the regions of Karakalpakstan. People are outraged by the plans of official Tashkent to deprive the republic of sovereignty. This was reported to ACCA by one of the local activists. So far, it is reliably known about the protesters over the past […]
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